[Intro] I used to pour drinks into chipped glass Hands cracked from nights that never ended Sold my body for coin and a floor to sleep on [Verse] Another woman swallowed by Frontier gutters Until that mercenary dragged me in Tried to force me into some other woman’s shadow But he’s gone now, rotting in whatever ditch he earned And I spit his name like ash off my tongue [Chorus] What am I good for When they only see the ghost of who I was I know tending bar I know pleasure I know how to survive When survival’s a knife you hold by the blade But I’m learning how to breathe Without choking on the past they keep dragging behind me [Verse] I’ve got skill I can play a tune that cuts through a crowd I can sling a brew smoother than their excuses I can read a room like a ledger of sins And yeah I once knew how to be what they bought But that life is dead And I buried it myself with both hands strong [Chorus] They want me for that Just that old role A role I ripped out of my bones I have a choice now And choice is a weapon if you know how to hold it My shape is mine My face is mine My voice is mine And I won’t be rewritten By anyone who thinks they own my history [Bridge] These streets smell of old promises And I walk them with a fire I earned the hard way Freedom tastes sharp Like liquor poured from a bottle that’s seen too many hands But I’m free from that life Free from the mercenary’s grip Free from the script he tried to carve into my skin Now the night asks who I’ll become And I answer with a snarl instead of a whisper [Final Chorus] I choose not to return I choose not to bend I choose not to be The memory they keep mistaking for me I want another role A different purpose A brand new dawn [Outro] And I’ll find it With air in my lungs Strength in my stride And a future finally mine to claim
